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No longer doing some sort of PhD on some sort of topic at an English university, no longer posting on the doctoral process and matters arising therefrom, but trying to write to re-orientate my life whilst still rowing and coxing, still trying to enjoy art, iconography, books and life in general.

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa...

Yep. I bought books. Five to be precise: Newman's 'Apologia Pro Vita Sua', an International Critical Commentary - Matthew, a catalogue of the highlights of Gaston Phoebus' 'Book of the Hunt', a new paperback copy of Eco's 'Foucault's Pendulum' and also 'Baudolino' for good measure.After the rush of buying there is the inevitable remorse. I really ought to get myself banned from bookshops, just like compulsive gamblers can from the bookies.My excuse for number one is that interest was sparked by Roger Pearse's blog http://neonostalgia.com/weblog/?p=470 , for number two; that I am building a complete set of ICCs for the New Testament, for number three; my mother is currently interested in medieval painting, for number four; see yesterday's post; for number five; an extrapolation of number four!There! that sounded reasonable didn't it?